Which passage is an example of rising action in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"?

A.From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition.
B.Upon its head . . . sat the hideous beast . . . I had walled the monster up within the tomb!
C.I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket!
D.But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul.

The answer is C. because A and D are in the exposition of the poem. and B is the last sentence, serving as a most unsettling resolution.

C. "I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket!" is the best example of rising action in "The Black Cat" of the choices given.

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smecloudbird17 smecloudbird17 · Answer 2 · 2022-06-20T16:10:50+02:00

The rising action in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" is, I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket!

What is rising action?

Rising action is the series of events that led story to climax.

What is deliberately?

Deliberately means doing something purposefully.

Because I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! this scene led to the climax of the story and develops tension and brings in conflicts. And in this the main character starts to face crisis. Thus this is the rising action of the story.

Hence the correct option is, C.I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket!

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